Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · Indiana

K & S Pallets Inc

Fort Wayne, IN · ~22 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K & S Pallets Inc runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

K & S Pallets Inc: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K & S Pallets Inc safety composite

K & S Pallets Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−4.2

2019→2024

K & S Pallets Inc injury rate improved

K & S Pallets Inc's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.2 · 2020=12.0 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/31
  • PHOTO Deufol Charlotte
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Deufol Charlotte (0.0 TCR gap)

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K & S Pallets Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows K & S Pallets Inc averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

K & S Pallets Inc TCR series: 2019=4.2 · 2020=12 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where K & S Pallets Inc falls in its industry

952 Pallets, wood or wood and meta establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 31 Pallets, wood or wood and meta employers in Indiana.

K & S Pallets Inc (22 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate K & S Pallets Inc
K & S Pallets Inc (22 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

K & S Pallets Inc has fewer employees than the Pallets, wood or wood and metal combinat median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 10.1 10.1 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2020 12.0 4.0 3 0 0
2019 4.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · IN · Fort Wayne

952 Pallets, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Deufol Charlotte 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Biglerville,PA - 204 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DG-FL-DOUGLAS 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pal-Serv of Charlotte 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wilson Fertilizer, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MISHAWAKA CONCRETE ASPHALT RECYCLE INC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MCAR 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connersville District Office 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR 1314 - Fenton 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1183 - Neshaminy 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR GRE HERC Services, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Moses B. Glick LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lindenmeyr Rochester 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE MAP Automotive Warehouse of Peoria 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE TopCat Masonry Contractors, LLC 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. - Rum 22 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.